Band Quotes
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Since the start it’s basically been a solo project from the business and behind the scenes stuff to the writing and playing but I have had band members and outside writers too but generally I play almost all of the guitars, bass and solos but at times other band members have played too.
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When you start a band, you have to find people that are good, have the same sort of mindset as you musically.
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Christmas turns things tail-end foremost. The day and the spirit of Christmas rearrange the world parade. As the world arranges it, usually there come first in importance -- leading the parade with a big blare of a band -- the Big Shots. Frequently they are also the Stuffed Shirts. That's the first of the parade. Then at the tail end, as of little importance, trudge the weary, the poor, the lame, the halt, and the blind. But in the Christmas spirit, the procession is turned around. Those at the tail end are put first in the arrangement of the Child of Christmas.
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With 'Get Hurt,' we wanted to see where else we could go with the band. We thought it was time to change things up a bit. The song itself is similar to the feeling of a wreck you see coming, but long past the point you can avoid it.
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Some guys dig ditches, I have a band. It's what I do
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I'm thinking of putting together an all-star band. I definitely have a bit of a rock fantasy.
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Lots of the bands in New Orleans couldn't read too much music. So they used a fiddle to play the lead - a fiddle player could read - and that was to give them some protection.
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Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average.
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We're not the type of band that will jump around the dressing room after the show--we ain't got the energy. We sit down and talk very quietly and after twenty minutes everything's back to normal.
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I however don't go to clubs to show off and to be seen, and certainly not to make statements. I just want to be able to quietly watch a band.
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In a way, as much as we love to be a big, loud rock band, the acoustic album was a lot easier to make than the rock records. I think because it was brand new territory for the band.
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I'm just a wimpy baby. We almost called the band Forever Teens because I feel like we're all kind of permanently youthful.
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To do a musical takes a tremendous amount of energy because you have to act and sing at the same time. And everything has to be precise. Because you can't forget the lyrics because the band keeps playing, you know, and you're under a certain amount of pressure.
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I was very shy when I was younger. But I did have a terrible temperament. I would get angry very quickly, but the rest of the time I was this big goofball, playing the drums in a band and making out with girls.
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The touring band is DIIV, and the songs are always written with them in mind. But the new record is going to be more "me."
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You have to realize that everyone in a band is all more or less together, and everyone has their own niche, and some people lead in some ways, and some people lead in others.
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I wish to be put away in a western dress I designed, with my daughter's little gold cross necklace and my son's small white testament in my hands, and my wedding band on.
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In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands.
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The bass is the link between harmony and rhythm. It is the foundation of a band. It is what all the other instruments stand upon, but it is rarely recognized as that.
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Whenever anyone sends me a link to a band, saying, 'These guys sound exactly like Soundgarden,' it's always some super simple sludge riff with a singer that sings high and screechy. And it's really awful.
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I've always looked on myself as one of a band and never sought a solo career.
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The only band that I can see that made changes over the years with success was The Beatles. They were able to change album to album and still be just as good or better. I didn't feel that we were able to do that. The Beatles were in a class by themselves.
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I was at that age…I was interested in girls so (being in a band) made it better!
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I distinctly remember a conversation with my band in the van where I was having a complete meltdown. It was 1984, I think, and I was huddled in the back corner of our van and saying, "I can't do this. I can't do this. I can't do this." I didn't want to play any more shows. I just wanted to stop.
